Year: 2018

The Escapists 2 Review

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Played on Windows
Also available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, macOS

I played the original The Escapists in 2015. It was an interesting idea for a game but ultimately I didn’t enjoy the experience and quickly moved on to other games, vowing not to return to prison, at least with that series. So in 2018, I’m back in the same pixelized prisons and I wonder how I got here. Well apparently, The Escapists did well enough and then Humble Monthly Bundle for August 2018 picked The Escapists 2 in their Early Unlocks, and once again I’m back in the hole, the pokey, or the big house.

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A Hat In Time Review

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Played on Windows
Also available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, macOS

I launched my Steam Curator site in January 2018 and wanted to get some new games to curate. I ended up picking up Sonic Mania, Hollow Knight and A Hat in Time. Honestly, that is a really solid pack of games and I ended up recommending all three games. Back then since my reviews were on Steam I only could write 8,000 characters and only give a positive recommendation or a negative recommendation. Things were easier. Now Humble Monthly Bundle August 2018 has arrived and brought A Hat In Time in its collection, so it’s time to do a proper review of that game, as well as my first “Re-review”.

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Into The Breach Review

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Played on Windows
Planned versions for macOS and Linux with no release date available currently.
Disclosure (review copy) at the end of the review

Into the Breach was released in February, and got a lot of publicity, but the one thing I noticed is the title of the game appeared to be “Into the Breach from the makers of FTL”. It seemed every news source used that title, and apparently, now I have. Subset Games has made that connection a major feature of the advertising of the game even showing it on the steam header image and such.


However no mention in the game here.

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Jydge Quick Look Review

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Played on Windows
Also Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, Xbox One, Linux, macOS

3.5/5

Final Thoughts: A rather solid top down shooter, ruined by required repetition in the progression system.  Still a lot of fun, and I enjoyed what I played, I just wish it was my choice to replay it as much as I did.

Snuggle Truck Quick Look Review

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Played on Windows
Also available on Linux, macOs, Android, iOS

Trying something a bit different today,  here’s a quick look at Snuggle Truck

 

2/5

Final Thoughts: While it has simple controls, there’s no real desire to continue playing onwards with Snuggle Truck.  You have a truck you drive over rough terrain. If you want to try it, it’s free on mobile.

Aragami Review

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Played on Windows
Also Available on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4.

I picked up Aragami because I needed a short game for a review between two review copies I had, just something to play. Well, that’s not true, I have many games I could have picked. I actually picked Aragami because of the “ninja” on the cover. I wasn’t sure what the game was about but I wanted to see why there was a “ninja” on the cover. Simple selection criteria, let’s see how I did.

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Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice Review

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Played on Windows
Also Available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Disclosure (review copy) at the end.

I heard a lot about Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and its treatment of mental illness. Now everyone talks about this with Hellblade and I feel mental illness is an important topic. I both advocate for destigmatizing it, and treatment of it, but I also really get nervous when pop culture talks about it because the fact is people treat the topic of Mental Illness as a story element and not a deeper topic. So when I approached Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice I was nervous.

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Downwell Review

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Played on Windows.
Also available on Android, PlayStation 4, iOS, PlayStation Vita

Downwell is simply a game about a boy going down the well. It opens with a boy standing on the edge of the well ready to jump in. So from there eventually the boy has to jump into the well. Why? How? Who knows! This is Downwell, so let’s go down that well.

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